Portable fence



UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

G. R. MCILROY, OF OAKDALE, INDIANA.

. PORTABLE FENCE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 15,812, dated September 30, 1856.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, G. R. MoILRoY, of Oakdale, in the county of Jenningsand State of Indiana, have invented -a new and Improved Mode ofConstructing Portable Hillside-F ences; and I do hereby declare that theJfollowing is a full and exact description, so as to enable others tomake and use my invention, to wit.

The nature of my invention is to construct the fence in the usual way byboards or rails of convenient width and length, eX- cept that one ormore of the bars or rails recede at one end of the panel and project atthe other a sufficient length to insert into the next and secure thesame by means of a pin or wedge, thus connecting the panels or sectionswithout a separate or adjustable link. The panels are suspended orsupported by the projection of either the second, third, or Yfourth railor bar at both ends of each panel a sufficient length to rest on a baror on two braces connected at b0ttom by means of a board instead of apost, so as to allow the bottom of the panel to move sidewisesuiiiciently to adjust it in a perpendicular position on ground of anyinclination and securing it in that position by means of a pin or wedgepassing through between the two end battens of each panel and at thesame time through one of the holes in the base or cross board connectingthe bottom of the braces on which the fence rests, which holes areplaced in a circle con responding to that which the panel describes bymoving it sidewise at the bottom, thus doing away on hillsides or unevenground with the necessity of digging away and leveling the ground onwhich the bar or braces stand.

IVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-The supporting the panels on the top of the bars or braces in the mannerdescribed so as to allow of their being moved sidewise at the bottomsufficient to bring them into a perpendicular position on uneven groundand securing the same by means of pins or wedges passing between the endbattens of each panel immediately above the bottom rail or board throughone of a number of holes in the bar or cross board at the bottom of thebar, which holes are placed in a circle corresponding to that which the.bottom of the panel describes by moving .it

sidewise.

G. R. MCILROY. Witnesses:

I. H. MAGRUDER, Ro'r. Hays,

